Sunday, January 11, 2009

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

LAUNCH/lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/ -to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product)
These factory launchs new goods every year .

SEPARATE /v. ˈsɛpəˌreɪt; adj., n. ˈsɛpərɪt/ -not shared , individual or private
They hired 2 seperate rooms when they went to holiday.

bushra b. c4

2 comments:

  1. val⋅ley   /ˈvæli/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [val-ee] Show IPA Pronunciation

    –noun, plural -leys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.
    2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
    3. any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
    4. a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
    5. any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.
    6. Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
    7. the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.

    ReplyDelete
  2. edge   /ɛdʒ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ej] Show IPA Pronunciation
    noun, verb, edged, edg⋅ing.
    –noun 1. a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
    2. a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster.
    3. any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges.
    4. a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box.
    5. the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon.
    6. the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge.
    7. sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.: The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it.
    8. British Dialect. a hill or cliff.
    9. an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent.
    10. Cards. a. advantage, esp. the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand.
    b. eldest hand.

    11. Ice Skating. one of the two edges of a skate blade where the sides meet the bottom surface, made sharp by carving a groove on the bottom.
    12. Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn.
    –verb (used with object) 13. to put an edge on; sharpen.
    14. to provide with an edge or border: to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace.
    15. to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways.
    16. Metalworking. a. to turn (a piece to be rolled) onto its edge.
    b. to roll (a piece set on edge).
    c. to give (a piece) a desired width by passing between vertical rolls.
    d. to rough (a piece being forged) so that the bulk is properly distributed for final forging.

    –verb (used without object) 17. to move sideways: to edge through a crowd.
    18. to advance gradually or cautiously: a car edging up to a curb.
    —Verb phrases19. edge in, to insert or work in or into, esp. in a limited period of time: Can you edge in your suggestion before they close the discussion?
    20. edge out, to defeat (rivals or opponents) by a small margin: The home team edged out the visitors in an exciting finish.
    —Idioms21. have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: He had a pleasant edge on from the sherry.
    22. on edge, a. (of a person or a person's nerves) acutely sensitive; nervous; tense.
    b. impatient; eager: The contestants were on edge to learn the results.

    ReplyDelete